Galloway Forest Park
The whole area of hills that we have been discussing on this page falls within Galloway Forest Park, an area of 300 square miles (800 km2) of mixed landscape with three visitors' centres and offering many recreational facilities. On 15 November 2009, the park became the first Dark Sky Park in the United Kingdom.
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